So...it's been just over a year since Epic unleashed their game store onto the internet. It garnished some criticism because it was missing some key elements PC gamers gotten used to having on steam...and a whole lot more criticism after it became clear that some highly anticipated games (metro exodus and anno 1800, to name a few) dropped from steam to become an Epic exclusive. Heck...even some almost unknown indie game (ooblets) received violent threats because they went for an exclusivity deal with epic. Sure, developers had good monetary reasons to go there (the cut epic asked per sold game was about half what steam or GoG asked), but with a store that was lacking some serious features steam was offering (a wishlist, steam trading cards, a good way to organize your library and my personal pet peeve: VERY decent linux support) it wasn't as if the users were getting much.
But it's been a year now. While epic is far from up to par with steam, their platform is at the very least a major improvement to what it was. And what perhaps came as a surprise for a store that by their own standards makes less on games than their competition: they tend to hold sales as well from time to time. More so: since some time, they give out free games on a weekly basis (between Christmas and new year even on a daily basis). And no half baked stuff or games you already have multiple copies of either: usually either acclaimed indie titles (think Celeste, into the breach or Stories untold) or even AAA-titles (e.g. Rayman origins, steep).
Epic has stated that the controversy surrounding their store didn't have much impacted sales. Apparently some gamers were too busy playing borderslands 3 to reply on forums that they didn't mind the platform.
So at this point, I'm curious to see what's the general opinion is on Epic's store. I'm not affiliated with them, but I'm curious whether my prediction came through (I said something in the area of "it's just a platform. When steam released, it was deemed "a steaming pile of ****" as well. Controversy doesn't mean much if it's done by a loud minority"). So...yer votes, please?
But it's been a year now. While epic is far from up to par with steam, their platform is at the very least a major improvement to what it was. And what perhaps came as a surprise for a store that by their own standards makes less on games than their competition: they tend to hold sales as well from time to time. More so: since some time, they give out free games on a weekly basis (between Christmas and new year even on a daily basis). And no half baked stuff or games you already have multiple copies of either: usually either acclaimed indie titles (think Celeste, into the breach or Stories untold) or even AAA-titles (e.g. Rayman origins, steep).
Epic has stated that the controversy surrounding their store didn't have much impacted sales. Apparently some gamers were too busy playing borderslands 3 to reply on forums that they didn't mind the platform.
So at this point, I'm curious to see what's the general opinion is on Epic's store. I'm not affiliated with them, but I'm curious whether my prediction came through (I said something in the area of "it's just a platform. When steam released, it was deemed "a steaming pile of ****" as well. Controversy doesn't mean much if it's done by a loud minority"). So...yer votes, please?